Infant&#39;s band



H. L. REDMOND. I

INFANTS BAND.

APPLlCATiON FILED JUNE 1. 1921.

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HARRIET LYONS REDMOND, 0F BOSTON, IVIASSACI-ITJ'SETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE.

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- INFANTS BAND.

Application filed June 7,

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood,I have disclosed a single embodiment thereof in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein- Fig. l is a plan view of the band with the endsattached and viewed from the rear;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, but looking at the band from the front;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the band in its open condition; and

Fig. l is a transverse section on the line ill of Fig. l of the 'band inits assembled position with the ends thereof secured together. I r

The band as an entirety is represented at l. lVhile said band may be ofany suitable material, it is preferably knitted, and the wales 2 thereofpreferably extend lengthwise of the band. The entire band desirably hasa binding 3 formed in some suitable way, as, for instance, by anoverseaming or similar sewing operation providing an edge which issubstantially equally expansible longitudinally with the band itself.The band, when constructed as described, is of comparatively littleelasticity in a lengthwise direction, but is of relatively highelasticity in a transverse direction.

One end of the band, and in this instance the end 4:, is formedsubstantially straight and has secured thereto one or more tapes, stripsor ribbons indicated at 5, which desirably constitute loops. At asuitable point lengthwise the garment, it is provided with one or moretransversely extending slits or openings 6-6 which may be of any desiredextent, and which desirably are reenforced about their edges, as by anoverseam or like stitches 7. Within the scope of my invention, anysuitable number of openings 6 may be provided, but preferably I providetwo, which are respectively at the upper and Specification of LettersPatent.

1921. Serial No. 475,809.

lower edges of the garment extending toward each other a suitabledistance, as, for example, about one inch in the completed garment. I 71 Y I The end of the band opposite the end 4 is provided with one ormore strips or extensions 8,. 8' which desirably are integralwith thebody of the band, and which in the em bodiment of my invention hereindisclosed are two in number. The number of strips or extensions 8 shouldcorrespond to the number of openings 6. The said strips are of mama Aug.is, 1922,

any suitable length and are herein shown as r each'about one quarterof-the length of the main portion of the band. They may, how ever, be ofany suitable length, but should beso proportioned that after the bandhas been placed as herein described about the infant, the ends of theband may be secured with sufficient tightness to hold it in place.

At or adjacent the ends of the strips 8, I

provide fastening means herein shown as tapes or ribbons 9, 9, which areintended to be tied to the'similar parts 5. While I have referred totapes or ribbons -'5 and 9 as the securing means, it is to be understoodthat any other suitable securing means may be provided, and that incertain cases I may use button and button-hole means, the buttons beingprovided either upon the ends of the extensions 8, or at or near the end4, and the button-holes being upon the other part.

In using the garment, the infant is laid preferably face up upon theband spread out as indicated in Fig. The two ends of the band are thenpassed about the infant, the strips 8 being passed through the openings6, so that the band entirely encircles the infant, which is then turnedover upon its back or upon its face, as the case may be, and

thereupon the ends 8 are brought onto the end 4, and the two sets oftapes or ribbons '5, 9 are tied together, as indicated in Fig. 1,

thus quickly securing the band in position and so that itwill hold inplace.

I have referred to the tapes or ribbons 5 as desirably in loop form.This construction is desirable in that, when the band is.

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ribbon ends secured to the end i at spaced points, so that the pull isfrom all .to'ur points and not from merely two points.

While the opening or openings 6 may be constructed in any suitablemanner, it is desirable that the material overlap at the outer edges, asindicated most clearly in Figs. 3 and 4. Viewing said figur it will benoted that the parts 10, 1O slightly overlap the underlyin parts andthat they are secured in position by the seaming or stitching 3. Thisaltords a stronger construction at the outer ends of the slits 6. Toprovide this construction, the slits 3, in the process or" manufacture,desirably extend to the upper and lower edges of the band respectively,and thereafter thematerial-at both sides of each slit are overlapped andsecured as desired.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, Idesire it to be understood that although specific terms areemployed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope oi"- the invention being set forth inthe following claims.

Claims:

1. An infants band having a pair of slits at the upper and lower edgesthereof, in alignment but spaced apart, the material at the outer endsof said slits being secured in'overlapping relation whereby said outerends of the slits are'reinforced, a pair of strips eXtGllCling from oneend only of the band at the upper and lower edges thereof, said stripsbeing adapted to be passed through said slits, tapes or ribbons securedto the ends or said strips, and a corresponding number of double tapesor ribbons in looped form secured to the opposite end of the band andadapted to be tied together to secure the band in place;

2. An intants band composed of knitted material having the walesextending lengthwise the band, the latter having two slits respectivelyextending inwardly from the upper and lower edges of the band, a pairoi? longitudinal extensions integral with the band and each having atape secured thereto, and a pair of tapes secured in looped form to theend of the band opposite said extensions, the tape of one of said extensions and one of the pair of looped tapes respectively being adapted tobe tied to gether to secure the band in place, whereby the pull on saidopposite end of the band is distributed over twlce the number of pointsthat there are ties.

3. An infants band composed of knitted HARRIET LYOilS REDltlUl-JD.

